cayman.
ARTICLE I
You shall not kill, neither shall you steal,
neither shall you do harm to the aged, lest you
incur the danger of death. All those who
infringe this order shall be condemned to
death by being drowned in the river, or in
boiling water.
ARTICLE II
You shall obey. Let all your debts with the
headman be met punctually. He who does not
obey shall receive for the first time one
hundred lashes. If the debt is large, he shall
be condemned to thrust his hand in boiling
water thrice. For the second time, he shall be
beaten to death.
ARTICLE III
Obey you: let no one have women that are
very young nor more than he can support; nor
be given to excessive lust. He who does not
comply with, obey, and observe this order
shall be condemned to swim for three hours
for the first time and for the second time, to be
beaten to death with sharp thorns.
ARTICLE IV
Observe and obey; let no one disturb the quiet
of the graves. When passing by the caves and
trees where they are, give respect to them. He
who does not observe this shall be killed by
ants, or beaten to death with thorns.
ARTICLE V
You shall obey; he who exchanges for food,
let it be always done in accordance with his
word. He who does not comply, shall be
beaten for one hour, he who repeats the
offense shall be exposed for one day among
ants.
ARTICLE VI
You shall be obliged to revere sights that are
held in respect, such as those of trees of
recognized worth and other sights. He who
fails to comply shall pay with one month's
work in gold or in honey.
ARTICLE VII
These shall be put to death; he who kills trees
of venerable appearance; who shoot arrows
at night at old men and women; he who enters
the houses of the headmen without
permission; he who kills a shark or a streaked
ARTICLE VIII
Slavery for a doam (a certain period of time)
shall be suffered by those who steal away the
women of the headmen; by him who keep
ill-tempered dogs that bite the headmen; by
him who burns the fields of another.
ARTICLE IX
All these shall be beaten for two days: who
sing while traveling by night; kill the Manaul;
tear the documents belonging to the
headmen; are malicious liars; or who mock
the dead.
ARTICLE X
It is decreed an obligation; that every mother
teach secretly to her daughters matters
pertaining to lust and prepare them for
womanhood; let not men be cruel nor punish
their women when they catch them in the act
of adultery. Whoever shall disobey shall be
killed by being cut to pieces and thrown to the
caymans.
ARTICLE XI
These shall be burned: who by their strength
or cunning have mocked at and escaped
punishment or who have killed young boys; or
try to steal away the women of the elders.
ARTICLE XII
These shall be drowned: all who interfere with
their superiors, or their owners or masters; all
those who abuse themselves through their
lust; those who destroy their anitos (idols) by
breaking them or throwing them down.
ARTICLE XIII
All these shall be exposed to ants for half a
day: who kill black cats during a new moon; or
steal anything from the chiefs or agorangs,
however small the object may be.
ARTICLE XIV
These shall be made slave for life: who have
beautiful daughters and deny them to the
sons of chiefs, and with bad faith hide them
away.
ARTICLE XV
Concerning beliefs and superstitions; these
shall be beaten: who eat the diseased flesh of
beasts which they hold in respect, or the herb
which they consider good, who wound or kill
the young of the Manaul, or the white monkey.

ARTICLE XVI
The fingers shall be cut-off: of all those who
break idols of wood and clay in their alangans
and temples; of those who destroy the
daggers of the tagalons, or break the drinking
jars of the latter.

ARTICLE XVII
These shall be killed: who profane sites where
idols are kept, and sites where are buried the
sacred things of their diwatas and headmen.
He who performs his necessities in those
places shall be burned.

ARTICLE XVIII
Those who do not cause these rules to be
obeyed: if they are headmen, they shall be put
to death by being stoned and crushed; and if
they are agorangs they shall be placed in
rivers to be eaten by sharks and caymans.